te igitur

British  

/ teɪ ˈɪɡɪˌtʊə, teɪ ˈɪdʒɪˌtʊə /

noun

1. RC Church the first prayer of the canon of the Mass, which begins Te igitur clementissime Pater ( Thee, therefore, most merciful Father )

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Example Sentences

Te Igitur, tē ij′i-tur, n. the first paragraph of the eucharistic canon in the Roman liturgy.

From Project Gutenberg

Ad quaestionem: an Sacerdos dicere debeat "Te igitur" in principio Canonis, dum elevat manus et oculos; vel incipere debeat, dum est jam in profundo inclinatus? servanda est rubrica de ritu servando in celebratione Missae tit.

From Project Gutenberg

One, of the XIVth century, is executed in large gothic letter; having an exceedingly vivid and fresh illumination of a crucifixion, but in bad taste, opposite the well-known passage of "Te igitur clementissime," &c.

From Project Gutenberg

Deum te igitur scito esse, siquidem deus est, qui viget, qui sentit, qui meminit, qui providet—hardly from the lips of Virgil himself does the noble Latin speech issue with a purer or a more majestic flow.

From Project Gutenberg